Chilling Footage of Killer Whale Attack at SeaWorld Released:

Footage from a 2006 attack on a veteran trainer at SeaWorld’s San Diego theme park was released this week by journalist David Kirby, who obtained it under the Freedom of Information Act for his new book Death at SeaWorld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity . An excerpt from the book describes what happened in what was the third incident between Katsaka and trainer Ken Peters: Peters had been waiting for Kasatka to touch his foot, the beginning of that particular behavior. He was about ten or fifteen feet down. Suddenly, he heard a killer whale vocalizing loudly. Peters described it as a distress vocalization or cry. He later learned the wailing was from Kalia (Kasatka’s calf) screeching for her mother, presumably, from the other pool. Kasatka instantly pulled her rostrum away from Peters’ feet. And then she grabbed his ankles, pulling him underwater for ...